News About Catapulted

After a failed career at stud former Group 1 winner Shellscrape returns to the track this weekend having been nominated for the DC McKay Stakes 2013 at Adelaide’s Robert Sangster Stakes Day at Morphettville. Winner of the 2010 The Galaxy the now six-year-old Dane Shadow stallion was retired in May of 2011 but their progeny…

This Saturday Tony McEvoy’s Victoria Derby failure Jimando will return to racing at Morphettville in the $115,000 Group 3 RN Irwin Stakes (1100m) leading up to their Adelaide Autumn Racing Carnival grand final in next month’s The Goodwood 2013. The three-year-old Commands colt kicked off their career in October of 2011 with a big win…

The final field has been announced for the Group 3 2013 Standish Handicap (1200m) which will take place at Flemington on Tuesday. Sixteen horses will contest the $150,000 sprint including former Hong Kong star Good Ba Ba who has been allocated the topweight of 60.5kg. The 11-year-old will be having his first start on Australian…

Veteran former Hong Kong galloper Good Ba Ba will make his Australian debut at Flemington on Tuesday in the Group 3 2013 Standish Handicap (1200m). The 11-year-old was transferred by connections to Rick Hore-Lacy at Caulfield earlier this year and is one of 25 nominations for the $150,000 New Year’s Day feature. The son of…

Mark Kavanagh looks to holding a strong hand heading into the summer sprints this festive season, the top Melbourne-based horseman having named his runners for both the Christmas Stakes 2012 on Boxing Day and the always popular 2013 Standish Handicap on New Year’s Day. Kavanagh has opted not to pit his flying sprinting duo of…

Stephen Brown’s new stable acquisition Winter King will look to recapture their past form when they take on a classy field of fellow sprinters as the narrow favourite in the 2012 Doveton Stakes at Caulfield Racecourse this Saturday. Drawing a final field of just 10 hopefuls this year’s $120,000 Listed BMW Doveton Stakes (1000m) is…

Mark Kavanagh’s veteran sprinter Catapulted is set to jump the 60.5kg top-weight in Saturday’s Doveton Stakes 2012 at Caulfield Racecourse, the 1000m showdown running early in December instead of January next year. Scheduled as Caulfield Race 6 at 4:10pm (AEST) the $120,000 Listed BMW Doveton Stakes field features just 10 hopefuls, the top-rated and weighted…

After a first-up fourth at Flemington, this Saturday will see the Stephen Brown-trained Winter King look to break a two and a half year losing streak in the 2012 Doveton Stakes at Caulfield Racecourse. Formerly prepared by David Hayes, One Cool Cat gelding Winter King hasn’t won a race since the Listed Starlight Stakes (1100m)…

Black Caviar heads into Saturday’s Group 1 $500,000 2012 Goodwoodin superb condition in what will be her final hit-out before departing overseas for the Diamond Jubilee at Royal Ascot in June. Luke Nolen, who has been on board the champion mare in 17 of her 20 starts, rode her during trackwork this week and has…

Super mare Black Caviar is all anyone will be talking about this weekend and rightfully so as she chases a 21st straight victory and an 11th at Group 1 level in the Group 1 $500,000 2012 Goodwood (1200m). But the wonder mare will have eight rivals this weekend who all face the daunting task of…